Seattle Sports News and Rumors

Astros left-hander Brett Oberholtzer finally found a way to overcome Houston's lack of offensive production. Don't give up any runs. Oberholtzer pitched Houston's first complete game of the season Sunday, shutting out Seattle 2-0 on four hits at Minute …

Official opening lines for the first week of NFL games are out, and they show the Seahawks favored by three Sunday at Carolina. There’s also an over-under of 45.5, which read literally projects to a 24-21 Seattle win Sunday. The Seahawks will take that,…

Practice squad update: Six rumored to have signed

After NFL teams cut their rosters to 53 yesterday, they began being able to assemble an eight-player practice squad today. However, those waiting for the Seahawks to announce it today may have to wait until tomorrow, when contracts are signed. However, …

Jerrod Johnson, six others to join Bears’ practice dquad

The Bears, who have just two quarterbacks on their roster, will add a passer to their practice squad. Former Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson, who spent time with the Seahawks this offseason, was among seven players the Bears agreed to practice-…

The Chiefs currently have priority on claiming any player they choose on waivers. They have made use of that privilege. For starters, they were awarded former Seahawks defensive lineman Jaye Howard on waivers, as PFT reported Sunday. Also, according to …

Analyzing Seattle's 53-man roster

Here’s a look at the 53-man roster for the Seattle Seahawks and some thoughts at each position: OFFENSE Quarterbacks: Russell Wilson and Tarvaris Jackson. It was obvious early on in training camp that Jackson was way ahead of Brady Quinn for the backup …

A few more roster news and notes

A few interesting 53-man roster news and nuggets to pass along: --- Via Brian McIntyre of Yahoo.com, Seattle will pay its quarterbacks just $1.45 million this season, lowest in the NFL and obviously a big reason it can spend a lot of money elsewhere. An…

Seahawks acquire some defensive tackle help, from Jacksonville

When an assistant coach leaves one team to become the head coach of another, players from the first team sometimes join the new coach of the second team. For the Seahawks and Jaguars, the pipeline operated on Saturday in reverse. The Jaguars, now coache…

A few more notes and links to pass along on the day Seattle got its roster to the 53-man regular-season limit: --- Here's our story on the final roster makeup. --- Brian McIntyre of Yahoo.com, who always does a nice job following salary cap matters, say…